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November 12, 2026
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BASF opens $1bn MDI facility at Geismar site in Louisiana

BASF, through its North American subsidiary, has inaugurated a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production facility at its Geismar Verbund site in Louisiana, US, following the completion of a $1bn investment project.

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BASF opens $1bn MDI facility at Geismar site in Louisiana
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BASF, through its North American subsidiary, has inaugurated a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production facility at its Geismar Verbund site in Louisiana, US, following the completion of a $1bn investment project.

The project has almost doubled Geismar’s annual MDI capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tonnes.

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